The true confidence which is faith in Christ, and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself--are identical.

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

The light was only just visible - except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.

There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.

Every single moment shapes our future. Be intentional. Live on purpose!

I love theater. I grew up doing theater.

Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.

Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin?

I wasn't born an actress, you know. Events made me one.

Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.

If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are.

Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.